-- From Rufus to Mendocino
The road tracklog
from Rufus to Harris Beach
from 2011/02/14 to 2011/02/19
Leaving the Columbia River on Monday February 14 I moved full south by the Hwy 97 crossing spectacular gorges before reaching a windy plateau windy at +1,000 meters of altitude. I lunched in Shaniko village of the beginning of last century.
Hwy 97
en route
14/02/2011
Hwy 97
en route
14/02/2011
Hwy 97
Shaniko
14/02/2011
Little before Redmond I visited the Peter Szene Ogden State Park where three bridges including two metal of the beginning of the 20th century span a deep gorge. The carpark being accessible without prohibition mentioned I decided to spend the night there.
Hwy 97
Peter Szene Ogden
The Oregon Trunk Railway Bridge, 1911
14/02/2011
Hwy 97
Peter Szene Ogden
The Crooked River (High) Bridge, 1926
14/02/2011
Hwy 97
Peter Szene Ogden
A Bridge for the New Millennium
14/02/2011
The days were followed and did not resemble, the next morning at waking I discovered my truck covered with snow. The way of the day proceeded in the snow at safety speed to control events. Indeed I saw several vehicles in the ditch! Average altitude was +1300 meters. Weary, I stopped on a truck service area at Crater Lake Jct.
At 7a.m
Peter Szene Ogden
15/02/2011
Hwy 97
en route
15/02/2011
The next morning at Crater Lake Jct my truck was again covered with snow but at this time the posted temperature was of 28°F knowing that 30°F=0°C. The road was icy, of some cars were again in the fields.
At 8a.m
Crater Lake Jct Travel Center
16/02/2011
Hwy 97
en route
16/02/2011
Hwy 66
en route
16/02/2011
Hwy 66
en route
16/02/2011
At Klamath Falls I forked towards Hwy 66 to go to Ashland renowned for its Shakespeare festival, for Americans it is Stratford-upon-Avon. But the organizers are not exclusive since a comedy by Molière was on. I noticed some beautiful residences.
Molière!
Ashland
16/02/2011
Old Mansion
en route
16/02/2011
Further away on a secondary road Jackonville is a historic site, ex-city of the Golden Rush, it still has buildings dating back to 1880. From Ashland altitude was +300 meters, the rain had replaced the snow. I bivouacked on a carpark of Shopping Center in Grants Pass
Old Hotel
Jacksonville
16/02/2011
Old House
Jacksonville
16/02/2011
In spite of an altitude of +300 meters it snowed all the night. After shopping in Walmart I moved full south on Hwy 199 called Redwood Hwy. The countryside was covered with a white coat until the altitude of +100 meters.
Hwy 199
en Route
17/02/2011
I entered temporarily into California up to the junction with Hwy 101 that I
took full northwards to return into Oregon where I wished to see the Gold
Beach. I rested in Harris Beach State Recreation Area in Brookings for two
nights. The temperature on the coast was more lenient than in mountain.
The next day it rained all the day, the temperature is certainly milder 6°C. I went between two downpours for a short walk on the beach with the jagged rocks.
Harris Beach
18/02/2011
Harris Beach
18/02/2011
The departure from Harris Beach RA, Oregon, was carried out with a fog in a “Pacific” drizzle. The Hwy 101 twisted in coastal hills of Redwood National Park. In Arcata I looked vainly for California Welcome Center to take documentation. Seven miles further away at Eureka the poor weather encouraged me to quickly find a bivouac close to the Marina.
Enter California
19/02/2011
Hwy 101 in the Redwood NP
en route
19/02/2011
The road tracklog
from Harris Beach to Caspar Beach
On the 2011/02/20
By leaving Oregon and at the entry into California I was controlled, briefly, by a sanitary service as in Australia, prohibition to enter fruits and vegetables. Hwy 101 unrolled its ribbon in forest hills. Shortly after Scotia the old road built in 1880, called Avenue of The Giants, traversed the Humboldt Redwoods State Park for 32 miles. The way is sown with 8 trekking trails to admire redwoods, sequoia sempervirens.
Avenue of The Giants
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
20/02/2011
Avenue of The Giants
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
20/02/2011
At a Visitor Center in Burlington I discovered among various artifacts the first motor home built in 1917 in a redwood log by Charles Kellogg on a Nask Quad chassis with four wheel drive and two gantry bridges, like Uninog! Of course there is a hole to pass from the cell to the cabin.
Kelogg's Travel-Log
Visitor Center
20/02/2011
Kelogg's Travel-Log
Visitor Center
20/02/2011
Kelogg's Travel-Log
Visitor Center
20/02/2011
Kelogg's Travel-Log
Visitor Center
20/02/2011
Kelogg's Travel-Log
Visitor Center
20/02/2011
In Leggett I left Hwy 101 for Hwy 1, called Shoreline Hwy to go to my bivouac in Mendocino.
Shoreline Hwy
en route
20/02/2011
